Gotta Dance

THE FILMMAKERS

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Dori Berinstein Director / Producer

Dori Bernstein, is an award-winning director and producer of film, theatre and television. Gotta Dance, is Dori’s 3rd documentary feature project. Her first, ShowBusiness: The Road To Broadway, released theatrically nationwide, was recognized as one of the top five films of 2006 by the International Documentary Association (IDA) and won the Grand Jury Prize for Best Documentary at the Florida Film. The film documents the passion, sweat and glory, as well as the high financial risk and intense creative talent behind four Broadway musicals: Wicked, Avenue Q, Taboo, and Caroline, or Change.

Some Assembly Required, Dori’s second feature doc, recently had its World Premiere at the SXSW FIlm Festival. The film chronicles six teams of determined teenagers as they navigate ‘the game of life’ on their quest to win the national toy invention crown.

Prior to launching her career as a Director, Dori produced and/or supervised over 40 feature, special f/x or animated productions including Isaac Mizrahi’s award-winning documentary “Unzipped”, “Dirty Dancing” (the movie & TV series) and Jim Henson’s “MuppetVision 3-D”.

As a Broadway Producer, Dori’s productions include: “Thoroughly Modern Millie” (Tony Award), Liam Neeson and Laura Linney in “The Crucible”, Gary Sinise in “One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest” (Tony Award), “Fool Moon” (Tony Award) and “Flower Drum Song”. Dori’s 11th Broadway Show, “Legally Blonde: The Musical”, is currently playing at The Palace Theatre.

She is hoping to begin private hip-hop lessons from Fanny, 81, very soon.

Adam Zucker Editor

Adam Zucker has edited documentaries, films, museum multi-media installations, music videos, and narrative and music programs for PBS, The Discovery Channel, NBC, HBO, Disney, and Nickelodeon. Adam recently directed and produced Greensboro: Closer To The Truth. Adam also edited ShowBusiness: The Road To Broadway. Other work includes, the Ken Burn’s PBS series The West, Soundcheck: Music’s Next Generation, Free To Dance, Rory Kennedy’s Americn Hollow, Count Basie: Swingin' the Blues, Hunters in the Sky, The Mafia in America, and Fallen Champ: Untold Story of Mike Tyson. Adam also edited the 6-hour PBS series Broadway: The American Musical. Adam recently edited Sketches of Frank Gehry for director Sydney Pollack.

Leo Lawrence Director of Photography

Leo Lawrence was born in Brazil in September of 1965 and is a New York City based cameraman/director of photography. As a graduate of Long Island University’s C.W. Post College ( BFA ’89) , Leo began his film industry career in the New York publicity department of Sony Pictures Entertainment’s Columbia and Tri-Star Pictures where he worked on the publicity campaigns for over fifty films. An avid photographer since his pre-teen years, Leo was inspired to make the transition from film marketing to film and video production after meeting Robert Rodriguez while working with the director on publicity for the theatrical release of his debut film El Mariachi. After working as a sound recordist and assistant cameraman on commercials and music videos, his career as a cameraman/director of photography began in 1996 shooting interviews for “VH1’s Hard Rock Live” in NYC. Since then Leo has worked on everything from reality tv to live music performance, documentary to sports, network news to children’s television. His extensive roster of clients includes IFC, Sundance Channel, PBS, History Channel, MTV Networks, Food Network, CNN, CBS, NBC, ABC, A&E, BBC, Comedy Central, Fox Sports and USA Networks.

Beginning with Showbusiness: The Road To Broadway and Some Assembly Required, Gotta Dance marks the third time Mr. Lawrence has worked under the direction of and collaborated with director Dori Berinstein.

Richard Hankin Story Editor

Richard Hankin has collaborated with some of the country’s most celebrated documentary filmmakers, including Barbara Kopple, Ken Burns, Ric Burns, Liz Garbus and Rory Kennedy. Capturing the Friedmans, which he co-produced and edited, has won numerous awards, including the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival, and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary. ShowBusiness: The Road To Broadway, now in theatrical release, has received numerous awards. Cancer: Evolution to Revolution, a film Richard edited for HBO, was nominated for an Emmy and received a Peabody Award. Other editing credits include selected sections of New York: A Documentary Film, Ric Burns’ landmark series, which also received an Emmy nomination and three episodes of the acclaimed Ken Burns film The West. Richard’s short film, This Is A Stand Up, which he wrote and directed, won several awards and screened at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the American Film Institute, as well as on Showtime and PBS.

Craig Sharmat Music

Craig Sharmat has scored numerous television series and movies. As of February 2008 he has three TV series airing, "America's Most Wanted", which he has been contracted for the last thirteen years, "Suburban Secrets" (season 1 and 2) for Tru TV, and "Conviction" airing on MSNBC. Craig's music also found its way onto trailers of some of the top movies of 2007. Additional film scoring includes Dori Berinstein's documentary "Some Assembly Required", which just premiered at SXSW. An alum of Syracuse University and The University of Arizona, Craig has worked as a touring and studio guitarist.

Adam Miller/Alan Fisher/Glen Siegel Executive Producers

Linda Goldstein Knowlton Executive Producer

The World According To Sesame Street was Goldstein Knowlton’s documentary debut. The film took her to South Africa, Kosovo and Bangladesh in order to tell its story of how international co-productions of Sesame Street are born and the forces these productions must overcome to bring their message of hope to new generations around the world. The film was broadcast on PBS’ Independent Lens series.

Previously, she produced the critically acclaimed film Whale Rider, which was the winner of Audience Awards at Toronto, Sundance, Rotterdam, Seattle, San Francisco
and Maui film festivals. In January 2004, Keisha Castle-Hughes was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in the film. Prior to that, Goldstein Knowlton initiated the development of The Shipping News and then produced the 2001-released
film, starring Kevin Spacey, Julianne Moore and Judy Dench. She made her feature film producing debut in 1999 with both Mumford, written and directed by Lawrence Kasdan and Crazy in Alabama,
0directed by Antonio Banderas.

She has been the Producer-In-Residence at the Sundance Institute for the past year, and currently serves as a Sundance Trustee for the Humanitas Awards.

David Rubin Associate Producer

Formerly a successful fashion executive, David Rubin has entered the world of entertainment with wit and enthusiasm. In the past year he has created and will co-produce a variety of television projects currently in various states of development and production. A fast learner, he brings his experience from the world of fashion to the big (medium and/or little) screen, most literally. Look for content that includes designers, editors and tastemakers galore!

GOTTA DANCE is a ‘first-time’ producing experience that has been a true gift in every way. The experience has been nothing short of inspirational.

Sue Spiegel Associate Producer

A television and film producer for over 20 years, Sue's production experience runs the gamut from sports to documentary programming including open, bumper and promo campaigns for all of the major networks. She has produced and directed for “MTV Sports”, Fox’s Billboard Music Awards, ESPN’S “ESPY Awards”, NBC Winter and Summer Olympics, Hawaii Ironman, US Open tennis, WE Channel’s “Cinematherapy”, Fox Sports’ “Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year Awards”, NBC’s “NYC Marathon”, Outdoor Life Network’s, “Cowboy 101”, and numerous others. At the NY Film and Video Festival, Sue won “Best Comedic Short” for her short film, “The Pack-T” which she co-wrote, directed and produced. Sue has won several Emmy Awards and a Cable Ace Award for “Erase the Hate”, a documentary that she produced and directed, launching USA Networks’ anti-hate campaign. Sue also does a tremendous amount of not-for-profit work in Westchester.

John Jenkins & Merge Creative Media Graphics

Creative Director at Merge Creative Media, John is an experienced strategist, designer and producer. Previously, as Vice President of Design in Onscreen Promotions at Oxygen Media Network, Jenkins conceptualized and designed graphics packages for Oxygen programming including “The Oxygen Custom Concert Series”, “Girls Behaving Badly” and “Talk Sex With Sue Johnson”. Also at Oxygen, Jenkins worked as the Visual FX supervisor and compositor for the 2004 Emmy Nominated “Disappearing Women” PSA.

Jim Black & Gabe Hilfer Music Supervision

THE GOTTA DANCE TEAM

Director & Producer
Dori Berinstein

Executive Producers
Adam Miller/Alan Fisher/Glen Siegel
Linda Goldstein Knowlton

Editor
Adam Zucker

Director of Photography
Leo Lawrence

Music
Craig Sharmat

Music Supervisors
Jim Black & Gabe Hilfer

Graphics
John Jenkins
Merge Creative Media

Story Editor
Richard Hankin

Associate Producers
David Rubin
Sue Spiegel

THE CAST

THE NETSATIONAL SENIORS
Joe Bianco
Peggy Byrne
Margaret Dullavalle
Patricia Donohue
Claire Gaines
Jeri Kadison
Janice Mallett
Fanny Militar
Edith Ollwerther
Willa Russell
Deanna Schwartz
Audrey Stevens-Eteng
and
Betty/Betsy Walkup

THE NETS SENIOR COACHES

Jacqui Sabol Marla Collins

THE NETS MANAGEMENT

Kimberlee Garris Nets Entertainment Manager

Petra Pope Vice President of Entertainment & Event Marketing

NETSATIONAL FAMILY & FRIENDS

Lucille Bianco Joe’s Wife

Trixia Camacho Nets Dancer / Fanny’s Granddaughter

Liz Curtis Betty/Betsy’s Daughter

Jean Cosgrove Peggy’s Workout Partner

Jacob Jason Claire’s Ballroom Dance Partner

Santos Militar Fanny’s Husband

Oscar Quinones Audrey’s Hair Stylist
Illusions Salon & Day Spa

Noreen Scelfo Janice’s Sister

A Special Thanks To All the Families of our NETSational Seniors

Also

Tim Bassett Former Nets Player

Richard Jefferson New Jersey Nets Player

Justin Joseph Autograph Seeker

Mikki Moore New Jersey Nets Player

Sly The Nets Mascot

NETS DANCERS

Cecilia Asuncion Debra Bisignano Trixia Camacho

Megan Cameron Marla Collins Jessica Goldstone

Jackie Guidera Brenna Klingler Christina Iannelli

Melody Mills Jacqui Sabol Rebecca Smith

Siobhan St. John Laura Torres Taylor Walker

Afra Hines Adar Wellington Rae Ransom

Terry Oakes Christine Sampson Jessica Settler

NETS KIDS

Nets Kids Coach: Debra Bisignano

Tiana Benevenga Peter Castellotti Marty Clemmons

Pamela Gaccione Divinity Gaines Taylor Gregory

Khylah Jean Drew Jenkins A.J. Mahyar

Nicolette Peteley Kristian Real Danzel Stout

Rafael Tillis Shannon Walter

TEAM HYPE

Dilmer Bonifacio Ekow Brown Elana Cohen

Shaniece DeWalt Kaitlin Durand Ashley Gonzalez

Danny Higgins Eric Hiraldo Jayson Lewis

Sean Moran Louis Nelson Louis Pampalone

Ashley Sciscente David Yijae Michele Zulferino

Jessica Briganti Allison Kramer Christie Portera

Frank Zulferino Thomas Bracco

TEAM HYPE KIDS

Monique Colondres Kenni Graham Starr Vega

John Bowen Aanyse Chandler

Denton Avenue Elementary School Kids

Evan Bandini Gabriella Barca Inaya Bhai

Kamish Bhai Nicholas Capelle Thomas Capul

Alan Chen Alan Cheriyan Blake Cohen

Matthew Cosola Anthony Esposito Mariella Facibene

Achsa Geevarghese Dominick Giustino Nicholas Gournaris

Rohan Gupta Zarrin S. Haque Joylynne Hoang

Jacqueline Jara Aaron Kalani Manvir Kaur

Debra Keller Saad Khan Daniel Lee

Hannah Lee Lauren Lee Phyllis Ling

Alec Lopes Christopher Marshiano Dylan McNulty

Daniel Min Nadia Narine Justin Ning

Joseph Oh Alannah O’Shea Albert Rotondi

Michael Paciullo Joshua Pappachen Anthony Pugliese

Justina Ramdhany Eric Samuel Scott Schanter

Eric Schultz Ritu Shah Mahek Shah

Tal Sharon Victor Sluetskey Harsh Soni

Vivian Tsum Hannah Varghese Amanda Vargas

Ishan Arefin Verbal Cristian Vicente Nelson Wu
Sheina Youdim

PRODUCTION TEAM

Co-Producer Leo Lawrence

Camera Operators Leo Lawrence
Mitchell Reichler

Additional Camera                                  Dori Berinstein
                                                           Alan Deutsch
                                                            Tracey Gudwin
                                                            Mead Hunt
                                                            Robert Jakubik
                                                            Rachel Levine
                                                            Alan McPheely
                                                            Edward I. Read
                                                            Rob VanAlkemade

Camera Assistant                                   Adam Corrigan
                                                            Amy Wadford
                                                            Emily Wirth

Sound Mitchell Reichler

Additional Sound Anna Hovhannessian

Graphics John Jenkins &
Merge Creative Media

Assistant Editors Kristian Gonzales
Florence Holderman

Loggers                                               Allison Jackson
                                                          Nicole McGrance
                                                          Jason Yi

Transcription                                       Kelly Brennan
                                                          Beth Laskoski
                                                          Claudia Lopez
                                                          Debbie Saslaw
                                                          Marie Montgomery

Tape Duplications Services Mongo Media
Ed Tepper & Rich Gentilcore

Archival Research Paradox Films – Carol Bash

Post Production Sound 701 Sound

Sound Mixing Facility Post Works

Sound Editor Ira Spiegel

Dialogue Editor Marlena Grzaslewicz

Music Editor Mariusz Glabinski

Sound Assistant Dan Diego Fulton

Sound Mixer Peter Waggoner

Score Recorded By                             Craig Sharmat
                                                        The Not Quite in Topanga
                                                        Philharmonic Orchestra

Musicians                                          Rick Braun              Trumpet

                                                        Chris Tedesco          Trumpet

                                                        Andy Najera              Saxes

                                                        Dave Chamberlin       Basses

                                                        Craig Sharmat          Guitars,Bass
                                                                                       & Keyboard Programming

On-Line Post Facility Glue Editing & Design NYC

HD Online Editor/Colorist Ken Sirulnick

Assistant to Director Sammi Cannold

Assistant to Producer Noah Cannold

Production Assistant Leslie Thivierge

Opening Title Choreography Sammi Cannold

Legal Services Shreck, Rose Dapello, Adams & Hurwitz, LLP

Nancy Rose, Esq., Alan Sacks, Esq.,
Charmaine Ferenczi

Greenberg Traurig

Steven Beers, Esq.

Distribution Advisory Services            William Morris Independent
                                                      Rena Ronson
                                                      Emily Hirsch
                                                      Deborah McIntosh

FOOTAGE KINDLY PROVIDED BY

Saturday Night Live
Amy Pohler and SNL’s Weekend Update
Courtesy of Broadway Video Enterprises and NBC Studios, Inc.

Good Morning America
Courtesy of ABC Network News and Good Morning America

The Early Show
Anchors Harry Smith and Hannah Storm
Footage provided by: BBC Motion Gallery

Weekend “Today” Show
Anchors Lester Holt & Jenna Wolfe
Courtesy of NBC Archives

Fuji TV
Provided by Fuji Television

Nets Arena & Rehearsal Facility Footage
Courtesy of NBA Entertainment

Additional Senior Dance Performance Footage
Courtesy of The Yes Network

ARTICLES KINDLY PROVIDED BY

USA TODAY
From USA TODAY, a division of Gannett Co., Inc.
Displayed with Permission

U.S. News & World Report
Displayed with Permission

ADDITIONAL PHOTOS & MATERIALS PROVIDED BY

Joe Bianco Janice Mallett

Peggy Byrne Fanny Militar

Margaret Dullavalle Deanna Schwartz

Audrey Stevens-Eteng

WITH TREMENDOUS THANKS

THE NEW JERSEY NETS
Bruce Ratner
Barry Baum
Petra Pope
Kimberlee Garris
Charles Mierswa

NBA ENTERTAINMENT
David Dennenberg
Joy Dellapina
Charles Rosenzweig & Alex Tarshis

CANDELWYCK DINER RESTAURANT
East Rutherford, NJ

DANCE TIME SQUARE NYC
Claire’s Ballroom Dance Center

DENTON AVENUE SCHOOL
New Hyde Park, New York

             Principal                                                     Marjorie E.Richardson
             Lead Teacher (Vice Principal)                       Beth Rosenma
             Co Teacher                                              Lori Caifa
             Set Design for Rap                                      Roberto X. Jara

EDIE’S DANCE FACTORY
Rutherford, New Jersey
Edie’s Dance Students
Thank you for everything Edie!!

THE GRAND BUFFET
Edison, New Jersey
Edna Pereyra - Fanny’s Line Dancing Instructor
Thank you Ben Garcia and Norie Derowipsch

MACY’S
White Plains, New York
James Siedel GSM Domestic
Luis Rodriquez Operation Director

PAISANO’S
Italian Ristorante
East Rutherford, NJ

55 KIPS CENTER
Rutherford, NJ
Executive Director – Peggy Letsche
Aerobics Instructor – Janette Large
Rutherford, New Jersey

The YES NETWORK
Eric Roden

Also

David Corvo
Jimmy Ienner
Gary Knell
Laurence O’Keefe & Nell Benjamin
A very special thanks to Jay-Z

FOR EVERYTHING

Gladys & Nathan Berinstein
Mitchell Cannold
Sammi & Noah